Exclusive: Budweiser turns blimp into a goal light for Olympics

Red Zeppelin is real (and coming to your town)

After years of disappointing television advertisements, in 2014 Canadians can finally argue they got a Super Bowl ad as impressive as their American neighbours, a full 60-second spot for an enormous red blimp.

In a promo debuted during Super Bowl XLVIII, Budweiser premiered their Red Zeppelin: A blimp that doubles as the world’s biggest goal light. And Canada.com can now exclusively reveal that the Red Zeppelin is real and coming to a Canadian city near you.

Yes, the Red Zeppelin is coming to the land of ice and snow.

Flying up to 20-30 km/h and between 150- 400 feet high, the Red Zeppelin will fly over Canadian cities this February, lighting up with over 16,800 LED lights everytime the home hockey team scores a goal.

The 400 pound blimp is also equipped with a four speaker sound system for maximum goal alerting.

The Budweiser Red Zeppelin will appear in select Canadian cities beginning in Ottawa on Feb. 7. To find out when the Red Zeppelin will be in your neighbourhood, a full flight path will be posted the Budweiser Canada website and Facebook Page and at www.facebook.com/budweisercanada.

Have a look at the Budweiser Red Zeppelin in flight:

The Budweiser Red Zeppelin is the world’s biggest goal light.

Of course, don’t miss the disclaimer that says this has nothing to do with the IOC, the Olympics, the NHL or anything else that might infringe on someone’s branding.